sabato 30 giugno 2012

It's Saturday (me happy)!
Today I'll show you another Pupa holo: n. 35 Holographic Violet. It's a warm toned violet, with a holo effect (I think I can define it linear) much stronger than the Emerald one and really nice in the sun.

Rather easy to apply, anyway it took me two coats to have a spotless surface.
Enough words, I'll let the pictures do the talking now!

venerdì 29 giugno 2012

Today I'm
bringing to light a very old polish, belonging to my “high-end make up only” period (aww, those were hard times :-)).

This Dior Addict (#120 Beige Particule - Micro Beige) dates
back to July 2003; BTW I loved its double French-English name and the elaborate cap.

Considering its
age I can't blame formula for being difficult to manage (despite
thinner I added): the three coats I had to layer to have a decent
coverage turned out quite streaky, but I don't remember the polish being
so hard to apply in the past.

It seems that I really loved this polish: a quiet cream-beige with golden shimmer (can you see the
bottle is almost empty?), madness!

I was younger
but much more “ladylike” ;-) now I don't think I would buy a
similar shade.

giovedì 28 giugno 2012

Here finally we are deeply into Summer. Hot weather, light dresses, bright colors...I'm so enjoying this season that I'm not ready to think about its end. But Fall collections are already coming out, so let's have a look at China Glaze On Safari, an ensemble of very autumnal shades IMO.

Which is your favourite? Leave your vote at the bottom of the post :-)

UNTAMED COLOUR AWAITS YOUChina Glaze® Introduces 12 New Crèmes and Glitters for Fall 2012Los Angeles, CA – (June 2012): China Glaze® nail lacquer invites you to take an exotic expedition with its Fall 2012 collection,On Safari. Be captivated by the earthy tones, rich plums and celestial sparkles that make up this adventurous assortment of polishes.The China Glaze® On Safari features 10 rich crèmes and two glitters including:

·Kalahari Kiss: Light sand brown

·I’m Not Lion: Glistening gold and multi-color glitter

·Call of the Wild: Beautiful chocolate brown-dark cherry blend

·Adventure Red-y: Vivid red

·Desert Sun: Delicious caramel

·I Herd That: Brilliant copper glitter

·Man Hunt: Bold cobalt blue

·Exotic Encounters: Lush green crème with blue undertones

·Elephant Walk: Cool graphite grey

·Jungle Queen: Smoky violet

·Purr-fect Plum: Bold burgundy

·Prey Tell: Daringly dark red

On Safari is also available in:·6-piece “Native” Collection:Man Hunt, Exotic Encounters, Elephant Walk, Jungle Queen, Purr-fect Plumand Prey Tell·6-piece “Tourist” Collection:Kalahari Kiss, I’m Not Lion, Call of the Wild, Adventure Red-y, Desert Sun and I Herd That·12-piece counter displayThe China Glaze® On Safari collection will be available at fine salons and beauty supply stores nationwide in July 2012. Individual polishes retail for $7 MSRP; the 6-piece sets retail for $42 MSRP.China Glaze is free of DBP, toluene, and added formaldehyde. China Glaze nail lacquers are available through salons and professional beauty supply stores nationwide. For more information, visit: www.chinaglaze.com or follow China Glaze on Facebook and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChinaGlaze

mercoledì 27 giugno 2012

This is my first (and I'm afraid, last) polish from China Glaze OMG: this collection has been released in 2009, when international trade of polishes was not a priority of mine (and I never thought I could be a nailblogger).

I was aware the OMGs were amazing and also sold out (unless you want to get yourself scalped on EvilBay) so I gave up looking for them, and then one day I received a “thank you” surpise envelope from Kvacka (remember the lucky girl who won two giveaways of mine?).

Besides chocolate (yummy) there was LOL inside, as she sent me her backup bottle of this precious :-* I couldn't believe my eyes (and was beyond happy).
Anyway I decided to wait for my nails to be long enough for this pretty :-P and then at the end of May I swatched it.

It's really interesting at this point (or it is for me) to see how holographics from different brands vary from one another, this one (and for what I read, all polishes from OMG) has super fine particles so the effect is linear and somehow “widespread on nails”: not really visible indoors, but amazing in the sun.

Thanks again to Kvacka for being so kind :-*..."Hvala" dear, rest assured that LOL will be well treated and much loved here!

venerdì 22 giugno 2012

First of all, if you are not following
Anna's blog Loodie Loodie Loodie go there and click on “join this site”
immediately. She defines herself as “nerdy scientist” but
actually she's a gorgeous, smart and funny girl (and a scientist as well) really competent about nail care. She did tons of useful videos and posts about “do
and dont's”, filing, caring, moisturizing...Ok you already
realized I adore her ^_^

Why do I talk about Anna? Because
thanks to her post “Do my nails look fat?” I understood why my
nails at times look slender, others wide (sometimes too much, I
really hated a couple of my "flat-broad nails” swatches).
I always wondered what made
them change, at first I thought it was typing (don't ROTFL please),
because I noticed that in the evening, after a day typing at work, their
C-Curve was definitely more pronounced, but actually it's all a
matter of water.

Nails suffer from water retention, too :-P

Here below are pictures of the measurement test I run last Fall on of my middle nail curve (in millimeters :-)); lately I found the change more evident, maybe because they are longer or perhaps hot Summer weather dries them faster, in a recent swatch (the one with metallic greens - picture above, right side) they are really curved (too much, my ring finger nail tends to bend inwards).

Did you noticed this on your nails, too? And you prefer your nails to be more slender/arched or flat?